Improvement in spittoon-chairs



A; QAUIROLO.

lmprpvemeJnt in Spitto'on Chairs,

No. 125,157.. I l v Patented A rinmmn.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONIO QUIROLO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPITTOON-CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,757, dated April16, 1872.

Specification describing a newand Improved spittoon-Chair, invented byANTONIO QUI- ROLO, of the city, county, and State of New York.

Figure 1 represents a side view, partly in section, of my improvedspittoon-chair. Fig. 2 is a top view, partly in section, of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in chairs, or rather to anaugmentation of their usefulness, by the connection with them ofspittoons that can be swung out of the way under the seats, or made toproject from the sides for use. The invention consists, consequently, inthe combination of a pivoted or hinged spittoon with a chair.

A in the drawing represents the seat portion of a chair of suitable formand kind. To the side of the seat-frame is hinged a plate, a, which, onthe inner side, carries a spittoon, B. A spring, I), bears against theinner side of the plate a, with the tendency of swinging the sameoutward. A spring-catch, 01, however, which is connected with thechair-frame, holds the plate a locked, so that the spittoon will beconcealed under the seat.

When the person occupying the seat touches the spring-catch d to clearthe plate a, the spring b will swing said plate outward, as in the lowerpart of Fig. 2, thereby exposing the spittoon to view and use.

A chair may have one spittoon only, or two,

as in Fig. 2-4. 0., one on each side. The spittoon may be madedetachable, to be removed for cleaning, &c.

To invalids and others a chair thus arranged will be a greatconvenience, as well as to those not requiring its comfort, from whomthe spit-v vtoons will be concealed the greater part of the are thusenabled to adjust the chair-back at pleasure without the aid of others,as they can swing it back by slight pressure, and forward with the aidof the springs g.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of a chair and movablespittoon, asset forth.

2. The rods 0, catches f, and springs 9, combined with a hingedchair-back, as specified.

ANTONIO QUIROLO.

Witnesses:

GEO. V V. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

